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The Turnip Princess: And Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales by Franz Xaver von Schonwerth (Paperback, 2015)

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With this volume, the holy trinity of fairy tales-the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, and Hans Christian Andersen-becomes a quartet. In the 1850s, Franz Xaver von Sch nwerth traversed the forests, lowlands, and mountains of northern Bavaria to record fairy tales, gaining the admiration of even the Brothers Grimm. A rare discovery in the world of fairy tales - now for the first time in English. With this volume, the holy trinity of fairy tales - the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, and Hans Christian Andersen - becomes a quartet. In the 1850s, Franz Xaver von Sch nwerth traversed the forests, lowlands, and mountains of northern Bavaria to record fairy tales, gaining the admiration of even the Brothers Grimm. Most of Sch nwerth's work was lost - until a few years ago, when thirty boxes of manu-scripts were uncovered in a German municipal archive. Now, for the first time, Sch nwerth's lost fairy tales are available in English. Violent, dark, and full of action, and upending the relationship between damsels in distress and their dragon-slaying heroes, these more than seventy stories bring us closer than ever to the unadorned oral tradition in which fairy tales are rooted, revolutionizing our understanding of a hallowed genre. 'Sch nwerth's tales have a compositional fierceness and energy rarely seen in stories gathered by the Brothers Grimm or Charles Perrault' -The New Yorker 'Sch nwerth's legacy counts as the most significant collection in the German-speaking world in the nineteenth century' - Daniel Drascek, University of Regensburg Franz Xanver von Sch nwerth (1810-1886) was born in Bavaria and had a successful career in law and the Bavarian royal court before devoting himself to researching the customs of his homeland and preserving its fairy tales and folklore. Maria Tatar chairs the program in folklore and mythology at Harvard, and has edited and translated many collections of fairy tales. Eeika Eichenseer is a historian and preservationist working for the Bavarian government and the director of the Franz Xaver von Sch nwerth Society.

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Penguin Books LTD
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9780143107422
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Book Title
The Turnip Princess: and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales
Author
Franz Xaver Von Schonwerth
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2015
Number of Pages
368 Pages

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198mm
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133mm
Item Weight
220g

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Franz Xaver Von Schonwerth
Editor
Maria Tatar, Erika Eichenseer
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United Kingdom

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by mmealing383t04 Feb, 2023
Valuable new collection.
This is a superb translated collection of traditional Bavarian folktales, direct, plain & unbowdlerized. It is essential for any folklorist's collection & invaluable for storytellers. Notes & Type &c references are excellent. & great, too, for anyone who enjoys long-lasting stories.
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by strange_bike24 Nov, 2016
Fairy tales that are not grimms
Excellent book well laid out and accessable. Loads of fairy tales that end like a drive by shooting. Very raw. Fantastic book.
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